Bryson Graham is ready to take on the challenge of rebuilding the struggling Bulls
The tears flowed as soon as Bryson Graham got the call from the Chicago Bulls. Graham has a big job trying to lift a struggling franchise after Chicago hired him as executive vice president of basketball operations on Monday.
CHICAGO (AP) — The tears flowed as soon as Bryson Graham got the call from the Chicago Bulls. Once they stopped, he turned his attention to the task at hand. Graham has a big job trying to lift a struggling franchise after Chicago hired him as executive vice president of basketball operations on Monday.
Though he's from San Antonio and rooted for the Spurs, he was also a fan of the Bulls growing up in the 1990s. He understands what the team means to the city and the NBA, decades after Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen captured their sixth championship. “When I think about it and I think about the greatness that’s in this building and what’s in these rafters and the championships that have been won here, it’s amazing," Graham said Wednesday at his introductory news conference.
“It impacted my life more than I thought I knew because I was always chasing what this organization represented. You see M. J.
, and obviously I wanted to be him just like everybody wanted. I wanted that, but it carried over in other aspects of my life, so like my work ethic, my determination, my grit. I’m watching the Bulls and what they displayed and I’m like, ‘That’s what I want.